Quiz Competition: Foundation Fixes Dates For Abia Students To Lock Horns (FORMS FREE OF CHARGE)

A non-governmental has fixed date for students in Abia state to come together to square it up in a quiz competition organized by Abia Secondary Schools Academic Competition (ASSAC), pioneered and sponsored by Raymond Nkemdirim Foundation.

The quiz at the local government levels will start from Monday April 12th to April 16th 2021 while zonal should commence April 19 – 21, 2021 with the grand finale holding on Friday May 26th, 2021.

In a statement signed by the Coordinator, Uche Ama-Ohakah and made available to ABN TV, the competition is a strategic action for supporting the government in promoting education and motivating pupils within the State towards sustained interest in learning.

He added that the aim is to enhance human development, reducing poverty over time, reduce crime, and achieving sustainable State development on the long run.

The Foundation says the forms for participation are free of charge while advising schools to pick up forms from the Ministry of Education, SEMB, through AIES and ZIES, NAPPS as well as at FLO FM office 7b Factory Road, Umuahia.

The statement read in part, “This pursuit is predicated on Raymond Nkemdirim Foundation’s mission summed in Strategic Community-Oriented Actions for Good Governance and Sustainable Development.

“Pursuant to the above mission, the Foundation considers education to be the bedrock of development in which its strategic community-oriented actions can be directed to empower the people at the developmental stages of life, to build strong citizenship and leadership qualities in youths that will eventually translate into good governance and sustainable development for the State and her people.

“Our goal therefore is to leverage on the Foundations resources, capacity, and networks to ensure realization of the educational dreams of ordinary citizens hitherto hindered by finance and right motivations, and also to creatively support Abia State Government’s efforts in the education sector. With this project, we hope to rightly stimulate, motivate and encourage learning in our State using various incentives, motivational and inspirational mechanisms like school quiz, debates, grants, scholarships, other productive competition and reward systems; we hope to engender sustained interest in education, and openly reward efforts for more.

“This non-governmental and non-profit engagement is delivered as our humanitarian contribution to the education sector in our State, and is purposed to bridge some critical society developmental and learning gaps bordering on lack or inadequacy of creative incentives or motivation, lack of certain technical and financial supports from the private sector, as well as absence of awareness and guidance for productive engagement. We are therefore deploying strategic incentive approaches, enduring exposure and mentoring actions at community levels to close these identified gaps. As part of our contribution for a better society, Raymond Nkemdirim Foundation will be hosting a yearly school quiz/debate competition program across the three senatorial zones in Abia State.”

The Foundation says it is partnering with the Abia State Ministry of Education, Abia State Secondary Education Management Board (SEMB), National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS), Abia State Universal Basic Education Board (ASUBEB), Abia State Scholarship Board; FLO FM 94.4 Radio Station Umuahia to carry out this project.

There are prizes for winners at each stage from the local government level, the zonal level and the state level.

Principal of the Foundation, Chief Raymond Nkemdirim, is an indigene of Abia State who hails from Umuobiala in Isuikwuato LGA.

A born philanthropist of repute and security expert; he was formerly Director, Operations; Department of State Services (DSS) Nigeria before retirement after 35 years of service.

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